My PDA came off my belt as I bent down near the pond and dipped inti the water. I got it out straight away and dried it thoroughly with a hairdryer. It is working again, however, the backlight is not working anymore.
Anyone has a solution to get it working again?
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I dropped my Arrive onto a tile floor. As it slipped out of my hand a quick thought shot through my mind - should have bought the insurance. As pieces went everywhere I reached down to asses the damage.
The pieces were just the battery cover and batter. Since the keyboard was not out during the drop, I was surprised to see the battery cover come off, since I thought it impossible without extending the keyboard.
After putting everything back together and turning on the phone, all was well. Not a scratch or scuff to be found.
Whew!
That's one tough little bugger
tiny17 said:
I dropped my Arrive onto a tile floor. As it slipped out of my hand a quick thought shot through my mind - should have bought the insurance. As pieces went everywhere I reached down to asses the damage.
The pieces were just the battery cover and batter. Since the keyboard was not out during the drop, I was surprised to see the battery cover come off, since I thought it impossible without extending the keyboard.
After putting everything back together and turning on the phone, all was well. Not a scratch or scuff to be found.
Whew!
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Yeah I've dropped mine twice now (!) which are the only two times I've dropped any of my phones in the last 10 years. I think the aluminum battery cover makes the phone very slippery to hold relative to other phones, and opening the keyboard requires enough force that sometimes the little bugger just gets away from me. I'm contemplating a skinomi carbon-fiber body skin to give it more grip, but I hate doing things like that. My only concession has been a screen protector (which I also never use). I think I just need to be more careful.
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That's how I saw my battery for the first time. Dropped it the second day I had it. Decided not to get a screen protector because the screen looked too nice. Face down and not a nick or scratch. Agree, this is one tough phone.
Dont know how you guys avoid scratches on your screens. My screen protector is covered in them! But then again... its probably is more sensitive than the screen.
To access the battery, we need to slide out the keyboard so the part that holds the screen up, uncovers the notch to take the cover off. Obviously it doesnt actually hold the cover in place. Must be purely an aesthetics thing.
Nice to hear they can take a beating though
Just had my close call today a little while ago; it was a two foot drop from my hand in a chair to the tile ground with it landing right on its face. Still a bit paranoid but looks like everything is fine on the exterior, but the cover flew off too. Right now trying to do everything I can think of to make sure the internal components are still in working order, particularly the mic and speakers.
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Just had my close call today a little while ago; it was a two foot drop from my hand in a chair to the tile ground with it landing right on its face. Still a bit paranoid but looks like everything is fine on the exterior, but the cover flew off too. Right now trying to do everything I can think of to make sure the internal components are still in working order, particularly the mic and speakers.
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Frankly, the most fragile part (as far as impact damage goes) is the screen/casing. So if cosmetically it looks fine, it probably is fine.
Didnt you just see it going in slow motion the whole time? lol Glad you faired well.
I tossed mine off the desk (accidentally -- swept my arm while talking, caught the cord, phone came unplugged)
The slow-mo with the long too-deep-to-be me "nooooooooooooo" followed by the beautifully artsy smash into the wall. Battery cover and battery left their normal homes.
Reassembled, everything's fine. It's like the first scratch in a new car. Sucks, but it'll happen.
I accidentally dropped my brand new sensation in seawater for a couple of seconds. I took it out, turned off, took out the battery, SIM card and memory card, lightly rinsed the phone with fresh water (didn't dip it into, just washed off the salty water off the phone) and now I'm waiting for it to dry completely, because I can see still some water trapped underneath the touchscreen.
The service is still three days away until monday, but i was just thinking if somebody knows of what else could I do before I try to send it for repair. I was thinking of trying to turn it on once it completely dries off, or it is not such a good idea?
This wil help you... i think
The dry rice trick
Tried that also. I buried it in rice immediately, it has been so since yesterday when this happened, but still has some water trapped underneath the touchscreen.
I fear the damage from salty water is much worse than normal water.
Sorry to say but you are screwed. There is no way this phone will work reliably ever again..
The rice trick has never worked in my experience,dont turn it on,get some DE-IONISED water,flush it with that it wont leave residue like normal water will,let it dry in the airing cupboard for a few days then turn it on
Can I wash it with distilled water? Would that be helpful?
Is there a step-by-step instruction on how to dissasemble a Sensation and the tools required? I found one on Youtube, but it wasn't very helpful...
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This wil help you... i think
The dry rice trick
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I did not know this, it seems the awesome "Dry Kit".
I will buy it one, and if a day i need it, i will try it.
Link : Dry-All for Smartphones
Distilled water is different to de-ionised water,i used de-ionised on a sunk G1 which got into a bootloop from the incident after the washing with de-ionised water it worked and still does
you need to use the de-ionised water to remove the salt water to stop it from corroding heavily.
I dropped a regular cell phone in a glass of lemonade 10 years ago and here's what I did"
- get it out quickly take parts out and sling it around to get liquid out asap
- got home and put a pot of water on the stove
- when water was good and warm, vigorously shook it in the water for 10 seconds
- shook phone as dry as possible
- let dry, heat oven slightly then turn off and put phone in to speed up drying
- once dry, reassemble
- phone worked perfectly afterwards
not saying I would do this with a Sensation....just sayin
I dropped my Galaxy II S Skyrocket in the toilet. It wasn't in for more 2 seconds, literally. I took the battery out and used a hairdryer on cold setting (not hot at all, made sure not to melt anything). It works fine, with the exception of the mic. I can't be heard unless its right up to my mouth, and then its scratchy.
My question is, has anyone else had this issue? If so, do you think the mic is shot, or just still need to dry out. I really don't want to go back to my iPhone 4. I have become a huge android fan since switching back in February.
The hairdryer wasn't really the best option.
Submerge the phone in a bowl of silica gel (or rice) for a day or two.
If it doesn't improve your microphone is probably shot.
Exact same problem. I have the Epic Touch.. Does it work when you record video?
The notification light was stuck on as well for me. I took it apart and cleaned the circuit board and such (Don't recommend unless you feel safe in your abilities) and that fixed the light. My mic works when recording video but not for anything else (Skype, Search, Calls, Etc...)
Sorry, it's been a whole since I have been on the forum.
I am happy to say hat it dried put and worked fine. I guess there was just some water left. It was literally only on the water for a split second, and never totally submerged. I owe a lot of the protection to my otterbox. I know it's not water proof, but it did hold back some of the damage.
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Hello. I dropped my phone the other day from about 3ft, onto a linoleum like floor. I have a rubberized protective cover on it, but it fell on the bottom right corner, not quite flat. So I think the corner took most of the blow. Anyway, the speaker stopped working. The earpiece still works, all other phone functions are intact. There are no phone repair places around here (no swap meets, mall places, etc..)
Any ideas for a fix?
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Hello. I dropped my phone the other day from about 3ft, onto a linoleum like floor. I have a rubberized protective cover on it, but it fell on the bottom right corner, not quite flat. So I think the corner took most of the blow. Anyway, the speaker stopped working. The earpiece still works, all other phone functions are intact. There are no phone repair places around here (no swap meets, mall places, etc..)
Any ideas for a fix?
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Try resetting to factory settings, probably not the case but worth a try.
Hey, my suggestion would be to to tear that sucker down. take it apart and inspect the phone speaker internally. If the loudspeaker is damaged or just not working
here's a link to a replacement part.
http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-sam...ker-module-with-antenna-replacement-part.html
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So the other day I was listening to music in the shower and the phone got some over spray on it.
Upon getting out the front bottom speaker where the music comes out was real poppy, I saw that the black cloth was wet so i blew it out gently and dried it up and it worked fine after a bit. Also the other and more importantly issue was that my sms/mms stopped working. It kept saying that it had no signal and was not able to send text messsages. I took off my case and then the back cover and noticed that it was a little wet on the inside not much, most of it was around the camera area nothing near the sim card.
My question is for those who intentionally and unintentionally put their phone in the water, what effects did you have from the swim? anything that I have encountered and is this a normal reaction from it getting a little wet, not fully submerged just some waterdrops on it?
The back cover always gets firmly pressed in so that wasnt the issue.
I submerge my phone all the time, really. It doesn't really matter if water gets into the back cover of the phone because if you look under the back cover, you'll notice 2 little rubber pads. Those cover the SIM/SD Card slot(s). As for the speaker being "poppy", that's fine, but I wouldn't blow into it; you may just force water in, so just let it be while it dries. Just make sure that once it's done being wet, you take off the back cover and dry it all off. Better safe than sorry!
Yes, that's the directions I saw once for the G3 after its wet. You pull the back cover and dry off around the sim and sd card slots.
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Alright thanks for the info. Have you experienced any issues with signal after getting wet?
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Alright thanks for the info. Have you experienced any issues with signal after getting wet?
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Typically, no.
Just out it into rice for 2 days and u r done.
I have done that previously for phones but will not do that for this phone. One of the major factors for my purchase was the water resistance if I have to put it into rice every time this phone gets wet it is a waste of time of time for me.